Oh THAT C.A.S.!
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Nicholas S. Thompson
Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Ethology,
Clark University (nthomp...@clarku.edu)
----- Original Message -----
From: Ted Carmichael
To: friam@redfish.com
Sent: 1/28/2009 4:05:29 PM
Subject: [FRIAM] AAAI Fall Symposium: Complex Adaptive Systems and theThreshold
Effect
Most interesting phenomena in natural and social systems include constant
transitions and oscillations among their various phases. Wars, companies,
societies, markets, and humans rarely stay in a stable, predictable state for
long. Randomness, power laws, and human behavior ensure that the future is
both unknown and challenging. How do events unfold? When do they take hold?
Why do some initial events cause an avalanche while others do not? What
characterizes these events? What are the thresholds that differentiate a sea
change from a non-event?
We are proposing a symposium to explore these and other threshold issues in
both the Natural and Social Sciences, using the paradigm of Complex Adaptive
Systems. Hosted by the Association for the Advancement of Artificial
Intelligence, this symposium will take place in Arlington, VA, November 5-7,
2009.
A final determination for approving this event will depend on the amount of
interest from the CAS community. Please see this website for more
information; there you will find links to email us if you are interested. (You
don't have to commit at this time.) Or you can send any questions or comments
you have to Ted Carmichael:teds...@gmail.com ... please put
"AAAI_CAS_Symposium" in the subject of your email.
Thanks for you time, and I look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely,
Ted Carmichael
KDD Lab
College of Computing and Informatics
University of North Carolina in Charlotte
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